About the Author
Jeremy Adam Smith’s writing has appeared in Mothering, the Nation, San Francisco Chronicle, Utne Reader, Wired, and elsewhere. A magazine editor, blogger, and former stay-at-home dad, Smith lives in San Francisco with his wife and son.
Table of Contents
Introduction Twenty-first-century Dad
Part I
The Fathers of Yesterday and Today
A Stay-at-home Dad’s History
of North America
Searching for Role Models:
Ed and Rachelle’s Story
Stay-at-home Economics, or
Five Myths of Caregiving Fatherhood
Searching for Community: Chien’s Story
Interlude: Now You See It,
Now You Don’t
Part II
The Dads of Tomorrow
Returning to Glory: Ta-Nehisi’s Story
The Astonishing Science of Fatherhood, or
Three More Myths about Male Caregiving
Searching for Heroism:
Kent and Misun’s Story
Conclusion
Remember the Future
Epilogue
Another Fatherhood Is Possible
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index